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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16552	A paraenesis to the Prince by VVilliam Alexander of Menstrie	Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 8-1640.	1604 (1604)	STC 346; ESTC S100492	10,855	26

guilded stones Are for th' afflicted people no refuge Kings are their kingdomes hearts which tainted once The bodies straight must die in which they lodge And those by whose example many fall Are guiltie of the murder of them all 20 The meanes that best make maiestie to stand Are lawes obseru'd good counsels brought t' effect The Crowne the head the Scepter deckes the hand But onely knowledge doth the thoughts erect Kings should excell all them that they commaund In all the parts that do procure respect And this a way to what they would prepares Not onely that it 's good but that it 's theirs 21 Nor should they seeke respect for to procure With loath'd tyrannicke deedes and guards most leud So Nero did yet could not so assure The brangling Diademe with bloud imbrude Nor as the Persian kings that liu'd obscure And of their subiects rarely would be view'd So one of them was secretly orethrowne And in his place the murthrer raign'd vnknowne 22 No onely goodnesse doth beget regard And equitie doth greatest glorie win To plague for vice and vertue to reward That which they would haue done for to begin This is t'authoritie a powerfull guard And makes a Princes praise ore all to rin VVhose life his subiects law clear'd with his deeds More then Iustinians toiles good order breeds 23 All those that ore th'vnbaptiz'd nations raign'd By barbarous customes sought t' engender feare And with a thousand tyrranies constrain'd All them that they subdude their yoke to beare But those whom great Iehoua hath ordain'd Aboue the Christians lawfull thrones to reare Must seeke by worth to be obeyd by loue So hauing raign'd below to raigne aboue 24 O happie Henrie that art highly borne Yet beautifiest thy birth with signes of worth And though a child all childish toyes doest scorne To show the world thy vertues budding forth Which may by time this glorious yle adorne And bring eternall Trophees to the North While as thou doest thy fathers forces leade And art the hand while as he is the head 25 Thou like that gallant thunderbolt of warre Third Edwards sonne that was so much renown'd Shalt shine in valour as the morning starre And plenish with thy praise the peopled round But like to his let nought thy fortune marre Who in his fathers time did die vncrown'd Long liue thy Syre so all the world desires But longer thou so natures course requires 26 Although time once thee by thy birth-right owes Those sacred honors that men most esteeme Yet flatter not thy selfe with those faire showes Which are not altogether as they seeme Whose burd'nous waight the bearer but orethrowes That could before of no such danger deeme Then if not arm'd in time thou make thee strong Thou dost thy selfe and many a thousand wrong 27 Since thou must manage such a mightie state Now border'd but with th' Ocean and the skies Then euen as he who iustly was cal'd Great Did prodigall of paines to fame t'arise With both the parts of worth his worth dilate As learn'd as valiant and as stout as wise So now let Aristotle lay the ground Whereon thou after may thy greatnesse found 28 For if addicted to a base repose Thou didst as thou dost not mis-spend thy prime O what a faire occasion would'st thou lose Which after would be rued though out of time Now to a vertuous course thy thoughts dispose While fancies are not glu'de with pleasures lime Those that their youth t' a little paines engage Acquire great ease vnto their perfect age 29 Now is it time with magnanimious parts To shew the world what thou pretend'st to be And for t'imprint in all the peoples hearts That which thou would'st they should expect of thee That so preoccupied with such deserts They after may applaud the heau'ns decree When that day comes which if it come too soone Then thou and all this Isle would be vndone 30 And otherwise what trouble should'st thou find If first not seiz'd of all thy subiects loue To deale with diuers humors and to bind Perchance some mal-contents thy course t' approue For then a number would suspend their mind As doubting what thou afterward might'st proue And when a Realmes affections thus are cold Of that aduantage forreiners take hold 31 I graunt in this thy fortune to be good That art t' inherit such a glorious Crowne As once descended from th' annointed blood That oft hath fild the world with true renowne The which still on the top of glorie stood And not so much as once seem'd to looke downe For who thy branches to remembrance brings Count what he list he cannot but count kings 32 And pardon me for I must pause a while And at a thing that 's worthy to b'admir'd Since those from whom thou com'st raign'd in this yle Lo now of yeares euen thousands are expir'd Yet none could there them thrall nor thence exile Nor neuer fail'd the line so much desir'd The hundreth and seuenth parent liuing free May leaue a neuer-conquer'd crowne to thee 33 Nor hath this onely fortun'd but by chance Of alterations then there had bene some But that great Progenie which still did glance Would so presage the thing that was to come That this vnited yle should once aduance And by the Lion led all Realmes orecome For if it kept a little free before Now hauing much no doubt it must do more 34 And though our nations long I must confesse Did roughly woo before that they could wed That but endeeres the vnion we possesse Whom Neptune both combines within one bed All th' ancient iniuries this doth redresse And buries that which many a battell bred A discord reconcil'd if wrath expire Doth breed the greatest loue and most entire 35 Of Englands Marie had it bene the chance T' haue made King Philip father of a sonne The haughtie-minded Spaniards pride t' aduance All Albions beautie had bene quite orerunne Or yet if Scotlands Marie had heir'd France This yle to liue in thraldome had begunne Of which if that a stranger brookt a part That would to take the other meanes impart 36 Thus were we from two dangers twise preseru'd When as we seem'd without recouerie lost As those that from their freedome freely sweru'd And suffred strangers of our bounds to bost Yet were we for this happie time preseru'd And but to hold it deare a little crost That of the Stuarts might th'vndanted race Dominions equall with their minds imbrace 37 Of that blest progenie th'experienc'd worth Hath of the people a conceit procur'd That from the race it neuer can go forth But as hereditary is thought affur'd Thus sonne of that great monarke of the North They are t'obedience happily inur'd Ore whom thou art expected for to raigne To haue good ancestors t' is a great gaine 38 He that by tyrannie his throne doth reare And dispossesse another of his right Whose panting heart dare neuer trust his eare For being odious in the peoples sight Whilst he

both hath and giues great cause of feare Is spoyling all at last spoil'd of the light And those that are descended of his blood Ere that they be beleeu'd must long be good 39 Yet though we see it is an easie thing For such a one his state for to maintaine Who being by his birth-right borne a King Doth with the countries loue the crowne obtaine The same doth many to confusion bring Whilst for that cause they care not how they raigne O neuer throne estabish'd was so sure Whose fall a vitious Prince might not procure 40 Thus do a number to destruction runne And so did Tarquin once abuse his place Who for th' infamous life he had begunne Was barr'd from Rome and ruin'd all his race So he whose father of no King was sonne Was father to no King but in disgrace From Sicile banish'd with the peoples hate Did die in Corinth in a base estate 41 And as that Monarke merites endlesse praise Who hath first founded some renown'd Empire So all the world with scornefull eyes may gaze On their degener'd stemmes that might aspire As hauing greater power their power to raise Yet of their race the ruine do conspire And for their wrong-spent life with shame do end Kings chastis'd once they get no time t' amend 42 Those that reposing on their princely name Can neuer giue themselues to care for ought But for their pleasures euery thing would frame As all were made for them and they for nought Once th' earth will spoile their bodies men their fame Though whilst they liue all for their ease be wrought And those conceits on which they do depend Do but betray their fortunes in the end 43 This selfe conceit doth so the iudgement smoke That when ought well succeeds with some through it They on the same with great affection looke And scorne th' aduise of others to admit Thus did braue Charles the last Burgundian Duke Deare buy a battell purchas'd by his wit Who euer after trusting to the same Was brought vnto confusion and to shame 44 O sacred counsell quintessence of soules Strength of the common-wealth that chaines the fates And euery danger ere it come controules The anker of all realmes staffe of all states O sure foundation that no tempest foules On which are builded glorious workes great seates If ought with those succeed that scorne thy care It 's but by chance and drawes them in a snare 45 Thrise happie is the King that hath the grace To chuse a counsell whereon to rely That loues his person and respects his place And like Aristides can whiles cast by All priuate grudge the publicke cares t' embrace Voide of ambition hatred or enuie And that they be not to betray their seates The partiall Pensioners of forreine states 46 None should but those of that graue number bost Whose liues haue long with many vertues glaunc'd As Rome respected the Patritians most The Nobles if themselues should first b'aduanc'd Yet in such sort that others haue not lost All hope to rise then worth would not b'enhaunc'd For painefull vertue in her course would tire Were not she hopes t' haue honor for her hire 47 But such as those a Prince should most eschue That dignities do curiously affect Who doth for any publike charge pursue He must haue some particular respect They should be godly prudent secret true Of whom a King his Councell should erect And he whilst they aduise of zeale and loue Should not the maniest but the best approue 48 There needs a great discretion for to know To ballance each opinion in his mind But ah this doth the iudgement oft orethrow While as he comes within himselfe confin'd And of the Senate would but make a show For to confirme that which he hath design'd As one that onely hath whereon to rest For counsellers his thoughts their seate his brest 49 But what auailes a Senate in this sort Whose pow'r within the Capitoll is pent A blast of breath that doth for nought import But mocks the world with th'vnperform'd intent Those are the councels that great states support Which neuer are made knowne but by th' euent Not those where wise men matters do propose And fooles thereafter as they please dispose 50 Nor is this all that ought to be requir'd In this assembly that 's the kingdomes soule That with a knowledge more then rare inspir'd A common wealth like Platoes in a scroule They can paint forth meanes must by them b'acquird The torrent of disorder to controule And arming with authoritie their lines To act with iustice that which wit designes 51 Great Empresse of this vniuersall frame The Atlas on whose shoulders States are staid That swayst the raines that all the world do tame And makes men good by force with red arraid Disorders enemie virgin without blame Within whose ballance good and bad are weigh'd O soueraigne of all vertues without thee Nor peace nor warre can entertained be 52 Thou from confusion all things hast redeem'd Th' assembly of th'Amphictions had bene vaine And all those Senates that were most esteem'd Wer't not by thee their councels crown'd remaine And all those lawes had but dead letters seem'd Which Solon or Lycurgus did ordaine Wer 't not thy sword made all alike to die And not the weake while as the strong scap'd by 53 O not without great cause all th'Ancients did Paint Magistrates that were t'explane the lawes Not hauing hands so briberie to forbid Which them from doing right too oft withdrawes And with a veile the Iudges eyes were hid Who should not see the partie but the cause Gods Deputies that his tribunall reare Should haue a patent not a partiall eare 54 The lacke of Iustice hath huge euils begun That by no meanes could be repair'd againe The famous Sire of that more famous sonne For whom while as he sleeping did remaine One did appeale till that his sleepe was done And whom a widdow did discharge to raigne Because he had not time on plaints t' attend Did lose his life for such a fault in th' end 55 This Iustice is the vertue most diuine Which showes kings like the King of kings inclin'd Whose sure foundations nought can vndermine If once within a constant brest confin'd For otherwise she cannot clearely shine While as the Magistrate oft changing mind Doth whiles aduance and whiles is slow to strike And being suggested is not still alike 56 Vse mercie freely Iustice as constrain'd Th' one must be done though th' other be more deare And whiles the forme may make the deed disdain'd Whilst Iustice tasts of Tyrrannie too neare One may be iustly yet in rage arraign'd Whilst reason rul'd by passions doth appeare Once Socrates because ore-com'd with ire Did from correcting one till calm'd retire 57 Those that want meanes their anger to asswage Do others oft whiles rob themselues of breath Fierce Valentinian surfetting in rage By bursting of a veine did bleed to death And Theodosius still but